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‘Human life is sacred for Jews’: Why Israel killed the death penalty, and will it be resurrected soon – Haaretz

| December 14, 2021

Last week, the subject of the death penalty was put back on the Israeli agenda. Members of Knesset (the Israeli parliament) Itamar Ben Gvir (Religious Zionism) and May Golan (Likud) were the latest to present legislation to impose the death sentence on terrorists

Memoirs of an Irish Jew: One of the best personal accounts of Cork ever – The Irish Times

| December 14, 2021

Book Title:Memoirs of an Irish Jew ISBN-13:0000000000000 Author:Lionel Cohen Publisher:Cork City Libraries Guideline Price:10.00 And here I will digress a little and tell you my opinions of drapers in general.

The original West Side Story was Jewish would it have been a better musical? – Forward

| December 14, 2021

It starts in an alley. An angsty Italian gang creeps onstage in a stylized prologue showing the restlessness of the youths. Its New York City in the Fifties, and, as the plot progresses, warring ethnic groups articulate their frustrations via song and dance.

South Park’s Cartman converted to Judaism, but can he move to Israel? – The Times of Israel

| December 13, 2021

In South Park: Post-Covid, a special episode of the irreverent TV cartoon that aired onThanksgiving, Eric Cartman has converted to Judaism. He is a tallit-wearing Orthodox rabbi who studied Talmud, married a woman named Yentel, and named his children Moishe, Menorah, and Hakham. Will Cartman take the next step and apply to make aliyah to Israel?

Is this good for Judaism? Tis the season for lots of Hanukkah stuff – Times Record News

| December 13, 2021

Terry Mattingly| Wichita Falls Times Record News It's hard to do justice to ancient holy days in throw-pillow slogans. Consider the Zazzle item offering a menorah with an un-orthodox number of candles, along with: "Imagine if your cellphone was at 10% but lasted 8 days. Now you understand Hanukkah." Maybe not

Where biblical criticism goes wrong – The Jewish Standard

| December 13, 2021

In just over a weeks time, the Torah reading on Shabbat (Parashat Va-yechi) ends both the long-running story of Joseph and the entire Book of Genesis (Sefer Breishit). That affords us the opportunity for another look at the narrow-minded view of most scholarsboth non-Jewish and Jewishwho study biblical texts critically to determine how they came to be, and the damage that has done to Judaism.

God Squad: 50 years as a rabbi – The News Star

| December 13, 2021

Marc Gellman| Monroe News-Star This year marks my 50th year as a rabbi. If you are not a paleontologist or an astronomer, 50 years is a long time and my colleagues from my ordination class have all pitched in to share their memories and lessons from a half a century of working in the fields of the Lord.

Experiences of antisemitism brought me closer to the faith of my family – Alexander Brown – The Scotsman

| December 13, 2021

Going for drinks and desperate to build contacts, a staffer had asked about my background, and Id shared I studied an MA in Jewish History. Before Id even finished speaking she had grabbed my jaw, tilted my head to the side to look at my nose and spat out you dont look Jewish.

Gantz: Iran is the biggest threat to global peace, and only then a threat to Israel – The Times of Israel

| December 13, 2021

HOLLYWOOD BEACH, Florida Defense Minister Benny Gantz said Friday that he told senior US officials in Washington this week that Iran is a global problem that requires a global solution, in an effort to combat a growing narrative that places Israel at the center of the Iranian problem. I used every occasion [during my trip to Washington] to emphasize: Iran is first and foremost the biggest threat to global and regional peace and stability, and only then is it a threat to Israel, Gantz said in remarks before the Israeli American Councils national summit in Florida

In ‘Nature’: The need to update neutrino models – William & Mary News

| December 13, 2021

by Kandice Carter, Jefferson Lab Communications Office | December 9, 2021 Neutrinos may be the key to finally solving a mystery of the origins of our matter-dominated universe, and preparations for two major, billion-dollar experiments are underway to reveal the particles secrets. Now, a team of nuclear physicists have turned to the humble electron to provide insight for how these experiments can better prepare to capture critical information. Their research, which was carried out at the U.S.


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